Woodhurst Neighborhood Historic District

The Woodhurst Neighborhood Historic District, located in the Great Neck area of the City of Virginia Beach, is a mid-20th century residential suburban development comprised entirely of architect-designed, Contemporary-style, one-story, […]

Blue Marlin Lodge

Located in the City of Virginia Beach, the Blue Marlin Lodge was built in 1965 and designed by architect William Burton Alderman. The lodge was one of several motels in […]

Crest Kitchenette Motel

Located in the City of Virginia Beach, the former Crest Kitchenette Motel (now the Cutty Sark Motel Efficiencies) is a Modernist-style building in the city’s Oceanfront area. The motel was […]

L&J Gardens Neighborhood Historic District

L & J Gardens Neighborhood Historic District is significant as a mid-20th-century residential area in what was then Princess Anne County (now the City of Virginia Beach) that was planned […]

Jefferson Manor Motel Apartments

During the 1950s and 1960s, oceanfront tourism in Virginia Beach and elsewhere in the nation boomed, and the family road-trip vacation achieved iconic status. The resort motel/hotel, a new building […]

Whitehurst House

A distinctive example of an early 19th–century vernacular farmhouse, the Whitehurst House was occupied by Traynor Whitehurst as early as 1822. The compact dwelling had an unusual two-story, one- room […]

Cavalier Shores Historic District

The Cavalier Shores Historic District is an excellent example of coastal suburban development in the first half of the twentieth century that reflects characteristic nationally popular architectural styles as applied […]

Oceana Neighborhood Historic District

Oceana Neighborhood Historic District in Virginia Beach lies two miles west of the beachfront and about 15 miles east of Norfolk. The community traces back to the 1883 completion of […]